BJP president Amit Shah today said it does not matter who raised pro-Afzal Guru slogans at a controversial event in Jawaharlal Nehru University last month, but the very fact that an event of that nature was held is anti-national.

Olympic gold medalist, shooter Abhinav Bindra said he now needs another medal in Brazil. All England winner Pullela Gopichand stressed on the importance of a strategy to make things work for the athletes.

In a significant deviation from its largely conservative leanings, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today said the right-wing organisation does not believe that homosexuality is a crime and underlined the personal freedom of an individual in matters of sexuality.

Pradyumna J, History Teacher, Vasant Valley School, India and Yaqoob Khan Bangash, Assistant Professor, Forman Christian College in Pakistan, today at India Today Conclave 2016 discussed on the way history is being taught at schools in India and Pakistan.

Danish photographer Daniel Rye Ottosen today said he was tortured by the notorious Islamic State member known to the world as Jihadi John. He said that he was hanged by handcuffs from the ceiling and left dangling with the tips of his toes barely touching the floor.

Azadeh Moaveni, an Iranian-American journalist and author of Lipstick Jihad, today at the Conclave 2016 said that story of Islamic State is transnational and the movement of women in and out of it is also transnational. Azadeh further shared her observations and recordings on the women who are part of this terror outfit.

Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, Govt of India today while speaking on state of India's economy said that amidst the nervous market all around the world India stands out as haven of macro stability and one of the few out-pours of opportunities.

Sunil khilnani, Professor of Politics and Director of the King's College London India Institute, while speaking on the ideological clashes in Indian politics asserted that the most destructive kind of corruption in any democracy is corruption of truth.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, president of the Centre for Policy Research, while speaking on ideological clashes in Indian politics said that the republic's great tragedy at the moment is not the ideological war between left and right but between truth and propaganda.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, president of the Centre for Policy Research and Sunil khilnani, Professor of Politics and Director of the King's College London India Institute, take up the podium at conclave 2016 to speak on the ideological clashes that Indian politics has been witnessing for a long time.

Union ministers Suresh Prabhu, Piyush Goyal, Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman discussed their ideas for the development of India during the PechaKucha presentation on day 1 of the India Today Conclave 2016.

The Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu, the blue-eyed boy in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, has some really sound and definite plans at hand to change the face of the Indian Railways and make it the favoured mode of transport for all sections and classes of society. The critical segment of the Indian infrastructure, the focus is putting railways on track.

The government has decided to increase the road length from current 96,000 kms to 2 lakh kms. Gadkari also claimed that for the first time government targets to complete projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore in North-east.

Aroon Purie, Editor-in-Chief of India Today Group, today kick-started India Today Conclave 2016. In his welcome speech he unveiled the underlying theme of the Conclave,'The World Tomorrow'. Purie, also termed the Conclave 2016 as a boot camp of the mind, with some luxuries thrown in.